I think the Tacomas had rust problems much worse than that. I'm sure that salt on the roads play a big part because where I live there is no snow and we have a lot of 1st gen Tacomas and Tundras on the road but I have never heard any talk about excessive frame rust.

I hate seeing stuff like this, just when you buy a new one. The Tacoma seems to have lots of issued Toyota has been working out since 2005. I hear the new Tacoma is due out in 2012, guess they will do it all again.

i had it checked at the dealer, they said its not weak in any spots, its all surface so there is nothing to be done at this point. so i coated it with that stuff in my thread, seems to help a bit, im sure it will need a top coat every once in a while

i had it checked at the dealer, they said its not weak in any spots, its all surface so there is nothing to be done at this point. so i coated it with that stuff in my thread, seems to help a bit, im sure it will need a top coat every once in a while

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Looks like you are on top of it then. That coating you put on looks like nothing is getting past it.

we love salt in ohio. if traction on highway is not 100% people complain instead of driving carefully. I was lucky, my 08 was "ziebarted" including the inside of frame rails.
man it would be nice to live out west where salt is only used to season my fries!

we love salt in ohio. if traction on highway is not 100% people complain instead of driving carefully. I was lucky, my 08 was "ziebarted" including the inside of frame rails.
man it would be nice to live out west where salt is only used to season my fries!

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Oh yeah. I cringe when I go through an intersection and there is a pile of salt.